Use of Web Search Engines and Facebook by the Post Graduate Students of Government College of Engineering, Trivandrum
Anilkumar R, Usman koya P T Research Scholar Research and Development Centre Bharathiar University, Coimbatore Tamilnadu – 641046
Abstract: The study is aimed to identify the use of web search engines and facebook by the post graduate students in Government College of Engineering, Trivandrum. To identify most popular search engines, reasons of preference and use and purpose of facebook . Questionnaire and direct personnel interview are used for collection of data. For data analysis percentage analysis is used for data analysis to get result. the study reveals that most of the post graduate students using Google as preferred search engines and facebook as social media.
Keywords: Internet, Search Engines, Facebook, Post Graduate Students, Google Use of Web Search Engines and Facebook by the Post Graduate Students of Government College of Engineering, Trivandrum
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